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there's ambassador dennis ross, former senior obama white house administration official. currently at the washington policy, counselor. also a task force member. we have daniel ahn is the chief commodity economist at citibank, who is also a task force member, and we have stephen, former assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation, currently at the petoskey group was also and i task force member, to discuss. i just want, before we get to it i will turn it over to susan, i want to add two more things. .. but this is complex stuff, and we thought the outside help was very useful. i also want to acknowledge dan bricklin in the front row who also was a task force member and who the -- and i also want to date, in particular, in my group and also jonathan willie who worked incredibly hard in a relatively short amount of time to produce and absently very grateful for all their work. i also want to think ashton and a lisa and to wind tunnel for all of the other help. a communications consultant with us. so without further ado will turn it over to susan and sit down. >> all r
there's ambassador dennis ross, former senior obama white house administration official. currently at the washington policy, counselor. also a task force member. we have daniel ahn is the chief commodity economist at citibank, who is also a task force member, and we have stephen, former assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation, currently at the petoskey group was also and i task force member, to discuss. i just want, before we get to it i will turn it over to susan, i want to add two...
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administration has thus far adopted. governor romney's speech today is almost certain to raise this point, whether it will raise it in a way that captures the public imagination and strikes them as sensible remains to be seen, but i would say that this survey and governor rom ty's speech -- romney's speech plus developments on the ground may be the entering wedge for what i personally regard as an overdue public debate about what the united states ought to be doing vis-a-vis the syrian conflict. >> bill, thank you so much. um, let me now turn to hisham, and bill talked about the apparent polarization of u.s. public opinion on foreign policy issues. perhaps not surprising four weeks out from a campaign in which foreign policy has suddenly and surprisingly begun to play a significant role in both the campaigns. but what we see in the arab world is with the emergence of more democratic politics, polarization as well. around a number of issues that relate to the relationship, the interaction between these arab states in tran
administration has thus far adopted. governor romney's speech today is almost certain to raise this point, whether it will raise it in a way that captures the public imagination and strikes them as sensible remains to be seen, but i would say that this survey and governor rom ty's speech -- romney's speech plus developments on the ground may be the entering wedge for what i personally regard as an overdue public debate about what the united states ought to be doing vis-a-vis the syrian...
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stein is a former economics professor at harvard university and a former senior obama administration advisor to treasury secretary tim geithner. this is about an hour. >> good morning. i'm the vice president and codirector of the economic studies program here at brookings. i'm pleased to introduce one of the newest governors of the federal reserve board, jeremy stein. governor stein swore the oath of office on may 30th, 2012, to fill an unexpired term ending january 31st, 2018. this is not his first tour of duty in washington. in 2009 governor stein served in the obama administration as a senior advisor to the secretary of the treasury and on the staff of the national economic council. prior to his appointment to the fed board governor stein was a stafford professor of economics at harvard university where he taught courses in finance and undergraduate and ph.d programs. previously governor stein taught finance at mit's sloane school of management. before that he was an assistant professor at the harvard business school. governor stein has a distinguished research record. he has cove
stein is a former economics professor at harvard university and a former senior obama administration advisor to treasury secretary tim geithner. this is about an hour. >> good morning. i'm the vice president and codirector of the economic studies program here at brookings. i'm pleased to introduce one of the newest governors of the federal reserve board, jeremy stein. governor stein swore the oath of office on may 30th, 2012, to fill an unexpired term ending january 31st, 2018. this is...
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how would a biden administration be different from an obama administration is that were to happen? biden: god forbid that whatever happened. it would be a national tragedy and of historic proportions it were to happen. but if i did i would carry out barack obama's policies. is policies of reinstating the middle class, making sure that they get a fair break, making sure that they have access to affordable health insurance. making sure they did cities tax breaks, making sure we can help their children to get to college. making sure an energy policy that leads us in the direction of not only independence and a cleaner environment but an energy policy that creates 5 million new jobs. a foreign policy that ends this war in iraq. a foreign policy that goes after the one mission the american public gave the president after 9/11, to get and capture or kill bin laden. and to eliminate al qaeda. a policy that would, in fact, engage our allies in making sure that we knew we were acting on the same page and not dictating. and a policy that would reject the bush doctrine of preemption and regim
how would a biden administration be different from an obama administration is that were to happen? biden: god forbid that whatever happened. it would be a national tragedy and of historic proportions it were to happen. but if i did i would carry out barack obama's policies. is policies of reinstating the middle class, making sure that they get a fair break, making sure that they have access to affordable health insurance. making sure they did cities tax breaks, making sure we can help their...
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the rules proposed by the obama administration first say that the church institutions had to provide contraceptive health care insurance for their and please. not only the u.s. catholic bishops, but many other catholics and many other proponents and religious liberty oppose the obama administration and regulation they then propose a compromise that such employees would be covered for contraception but the institution wouldn't have to pay for it. they call that a brilliant solution as i recall in her, or in many ways i think it was here is a concept to the conflict with rights how to solve it to keep everybody happy. no compromise is perfect by definition, but nonetheless, it seems to me this was an idea way to handle the situation. unfortunately, the united states bishops failed to go along with it and it posted in the name of religious freedom. and as they say, i think that they have forgotten the rights on their people. so, i think that compromise is an idea way to solve these issues. it has been done in the past. it hasn't always been done and let's face it, the whole political sp
the rules proposed by the obama administration first say that the church institutions had to provide contraceptive health care insurance for their and please. not only the u.s. catholic bishops, but many other catholics and many other proponents and religious liberty oppose the obama administration and regulation they then propose a compromise that such employees would be covered for contraception but the institution wouldn't have to pay for it. they call that a brilliant solution as i recall...
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under the obama administration. it seems to be the main weapon by the estate's. one can certainly argue that drones have been effective. data from the new america foundation with which peter is affiliated. somewhere between 15,907 and 2,734 militants have been killed by drone since 2004. this includes some of the top leaders as well as foot soldiers on the other hand, there has been what is euphemistically called collateral damage. since two dozen for the non millets and cash order -- casualty rate has averaged 15 to 16 percent which means that several hundred nine militants have been killed. although it has fallen dramatically it remains a highly sensitive issue. there are many controversies surrounding bedroom campaign. first, of course, is the morality of the strikes, especially concerning non militant deaths. second, the question is sometimes raised, is the united states making more enemies out of the civilian population than would otherwise be the case? third is the legality of a drug operation. fourth, what ab
under the obama administration. it seems to be the main weapon by the estate's. one can certainly argue that drones have been effective. data from the new america foundation with which peter is affiliated. somewhere between 15,907 and 2,734 militants have been killed by drone since 2004. this includes some of the top leaders as well as foot soldiers on the other hand, there has been what is euphemistically called collateral damage. since two dozen for the non millets and cash order -- casualty...
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they were asked for programs during the obama administration, and they've been cut and taken away since the president took power. the second part of that question is, in the jockeying over the sequester, does the commander-in-chief played a fundamentally different role than any of the other actors in the melodrama? does he have a different constitutional set of responsibilities than the others? and finally for dov, you alluded to the fact that in dollar terms the defense increases are relatively modest in comparison to the overall spending reforms that are necessary to get, to reach the governor's target of 20% of federal spending over all for all federal programs. that probably means pretty substantial cuts and entitlement spending. so if one is dependent upon the other, how does the governor intend to, within the time, space of a single administrati administration, make such a substantial and drastic change in government spending? >> so, i think this is a place where facts really do matter. and you know just remind people, the base budget for this year is about $525 billion, which is
they were asked for programs during the obama administration, and they've been cut and taken away since the president took power. the second part of that question is, in the jockeying over the sequester, does the commander-in-chief played a fundamentally different role than any of the other actors in the melodrama? does he have a different constitutional set of responsibilities than the others? and finally for dov, you alluded to the fact that in dollar terms the defense increases are...